The MMA Freak rankings are voted on by members of the Freak staff. Note that fighters who are serving drug related suspensions, have been inactive for over twelve months or have recently retired are currently ineligible. Also note that fighters are only eligible for one weight class unless they are champions in multiple divisions in which case there are exceptions:
Men’s MMA P4P Rankings (7/31/26)
1) Islam Makhachev (1) – UFC Welterweight Champion – His last fight was a win against Ian Machado Garry at UFC 330
2) Francis Ngannou (2) – Former UFC Heavyweight Champion – Last fight was a win against Philipe Lins on 5/16/26
3) Joshua Van (3) – UFC Flyweight Champion – His next fight is at UFC 331 against Alexandre Pantoja on 9/19/26
4) Petr Yan (4) – UFC Bantamweight Champion – His next fight is at UFC 333 against Merab Dvalishvili on 10/24/26
5) Alexander Volkanovski (5) – UFC Featherweight Champion – His next fight is at UFC 333 vs Movsar Evloev on 10/24/26
6) Tom Aspinall (6) – UFC Heavyweight Champion – Last fight was at UFC 321 against Ciryl Gane on 10/25/25 to no contest
7) Sean Strickland (7) – UFC Middleweight Champion – His last fight was a win against Khamzat Chimaev on 5/9/26
8) Ciryl Gane (8) – Interim UFC Heavyweight Champion – Last fight at UFC Freedom 250 against Alex Pereira on 6/14/26
9) Justin Gaethje (9) – UFC Lightweight Champion – His last fight was a win against Ilia Topuriav at UFC Freedom 250
10) Ilia Topuriav (10) – Former UFC Lightweight Champion – Last fight was a loss to Justin Gaethje at UFC Freedom 250
Honorable Mentions
Alexandre Pantoja, Charles Oliveira, Carlos Ulberg, Vadim Nemkov, Merab Dvalishvili, Movsar Evloev
Men’s MMA Flyweight Division 125lbs (7/31/26)
1) Joshua Van (1) – UFC Flyweight Champion – His next fight is at UFC 331 against Alexandre Pantoja on 9/19/26
2) Alexandre Pantoja (2) – Former UFC Flyweight Champion – Next fight is at UFC 323 versus Joshua Van on 9/19/26
3) Tatsuro Taira (3)
4) Ramazan Temirov
5) Steve Erceg (4)
6) Tim Elliott (5)
7) Manel Kape (6)
8) Lone’er Kavanagh (7)
9) Kyoji Horiguchi (8)
10) Joshua Pacio (10)
Honorable Mentions
Brandon Royval, Asu Almabayev, Joseph Morales, Édgar Cháirez, Su Mudaerji, Alessandro Costa
*Kai Kara-France, Dustin Ortiz, John Moraga, Darrell Montague, Askar Askarov and Danny Martinez are ineligible.
Men’s MMA Bantamweight Division 135lbs (7/31/26)
1) Petr Yan (1) – UFC Bantamweight Champion – His next fight is at UFC 333 against Merab Dvalishvili on 10/24/26
2) Merab Dvalishvili (2) – Former UFC Bantamweight Champion – Last next fight is at UFC 333 against Petr Yan on 10/24/26
3) Mario Bautista (8)
4) Cory Sandhagen (3)
5) Sean O’Malley (4)
6) Song Yadong (7)
7) Umar Nurmagomedov (5)
8) Deiveson Figueiredo (6)
9) Vinicius Oliveira (9)
10) Jakub Wikłacz (10)
Honorable Mentions
Avazbek Kholmirzaev, Naoki Inoue, Payton Talbott, David Martínez, Kai Asakura
*Louis Lee Scott is ineligible for the rankings due to inactivity.
Men’s MMA Featherweight Division 145lbs (7/31/26)
1) Alexander Volkanovski (1) – UFC Featherweight Champion – His next fight is at UFC 333 vs Movsar Evloev on 10/24/26
2) Diego Lopes (2)
3) Aljamain Sterling (3)
4) Movsar Evloev (5)
5) Brian Ortega (4)
6) Lerone Murphy (6)
7) Aaron Pico (7)
8) Patrício Freire (8)
9) Elbek Alyshov (N/A)
10) Fabrício Andrade (10)
Honorable Mentions
A. J. McKee, Jamall Emmers, Radley da Silva, Nathaniel Wood, Jean Silva, Arnold Allen, Choi Doo-ho
*Yair Rodriguez and Movlid Khaybulaev are ineligible due to inactivity.
Men’s MMA Lightweight Division 155lbs (7/31/26)
1) Justin Gaethje (1) – UFC Lightweight Champion – His last fight was a win against Ilia Topuriav at UFC Freedom 250
2) Ilia Topuriav (2) – Former UFC Lightweight Champion – Last fight was a loss to Justin Gaethje at UFC Freedom 250
3) Charles Oliveira (3)
4) Max Holloway (4)
5) Arman Tsarukyan (5)
6) Maurício Ruffy (6)
7) Rafael Fiziev (7)
8) Paddy Pimblett (8)
9) Michael Chandler (9)
10) Usman Nurmagomedov (10)
Honorable Mentions
Renato Moicano, Benoît Saint Denis, Akbar Abdullaev, Quillan Salkilld, Jay-Jay Wilson
Men’s MMA Welterweight Division 170lbs (7/31/26)
1) Islam Makhachev (1) – UFC Welterweight Champion – His last fight was a win against Ian Machado Garry at UFC 330
2) Ian Machado Garry (2)
3) Gabriel Bonfim (3)
4) Belal Muhammad (4)
5) Michael Morales (5)
6) Sean Brady (6)
7) Carlos Prates (7)
8) Jack Della Maddalena (8)
9) Leon Edwards (9)
10) Joaquin Buckley (10)
Honorable Mentions
Thad Jean, Christian Lee, Daniel Rodriguez, Michael Page, Shamil Musaev, Conor McGregor
*Shavkat Rakhmonov are ineligible due to inactivity.
Men’s MMA Middleweight Division 185lbs (7/31/26)
1) Sean Strickland (1) – UFC Middleweight Champion – His last fight was a win against Khamzat Chimaev on 5/9/26
2) Khamzat Chimaev (2) – Former UFC Middleweight Champion – Last fight was a loss to Sean Strickland on 5/9/26
3) Dricus du Plessis (3) – Former UFC Middleweight Champion – Next fight is scheduled against Kamaru Usman on 7/18/26
4) Nassourdine Imavov (4)
5) Joe Pyfer (5)
6) Israel Adesanya (6)
7) Brendan Allen (7)
8) Reinier de Ridder (8)
9) Costello van Steenis (9)
10) Kamaru Usman (10)
Honorable Mentions
Ikram Aliskerov, Edmen Shahbazyan, Makhmud Muradov, Johnny Eblen, Caio Borralho
*Nick Diaz is ineligible for the rankings due to inactivity.
Men’s MMA Light Heavyweight Division 205lbs (7/31/26)
1) Alex Pereira (1) – Former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion – Last fight loss Ciryl Gane on 6/14/26 at UFC Freedom 250
2) Magomed Ankalaev (2) – Former UFC Light Heavyweight Champion – Last fight a win against Bogdan Guskov on 7/25/26
3) Carlos Ulberg (3)
4) Jiří Procházka (4)
5) Khalil Rountree Jr. (5)
6) Jamahal Hill (6)
7) Jan Błachowicz (7)
8) Cory Anderson (8)
9) Volkan Oezdemir (9)
10) Bogdan Guskov (10)
Honorable Mentions
Antônio Carlos Júnior, Alonzo Menifield, Paulo Costa, Robert Whittaker, Dominick Reyes
*Anatoly Malykhin is ineligible for the rankings due to inactivity.
Men’s MMA Heavyweight Division 265lbs (7/31/26)
1) Francis Ngannou (1) – Former UFC Heavyweight Champion – Last fight was a win against Philipe Lins on 5/16/26
2) Tom Aspinall (2) – UFC Heavyweight Champion – Last fight was at UFC 321 against Ciryl Gane on 10/25/25 to no contest
3) Vadim Nemkov (3)
4) Ciryl Gane (4) – Interim UFC Heavyweight Champion – Last fight at UFC Freedom 250 win versus Alex Pereira on 6/14/26
5) Josh Hokit (5)
6) Curtis Blaydes (6)
7) Alexander Volkov (7)
8) Rizvan Kuniev (8)
9) Jailton Almeida (9)
10) Sergei Pavlovich (10)
Honorable Mentions
Waldo Cortes-Acosta, Serghei Spivac, Oleg Popov, Valentin Moldavsky, Tallison Teixeira, Sergey Bilostenniy
*Josh Barnett, Oumar Kane, Jairzinho Rozenstruik, Ali Isaev and Cheick Kongo are all ineligible.
Note: Until major promotions start utilizing the Unified Rules super lightweight (165lbs), super welterweight (175lbs), super middleweight (195lbs) and cruiserweight (225lbs) divisions, MMA Freak will not generate rankings for fighters in said weight divisions.